The weather stabilized and now the lakes are warming up. No more changes please. The lakes are perfect now, and the number of catches are amazing. Jamie from UK was counting the fish and finished the trip with 101 carp! He really loves the small ones and me too! More photos? […]
Inland Fisheries Ireland appeals to public for continued help in identifying and reporting pink salmon catches. Inland Fisheries Ireland has appealed to anglers and the general public to remain vigilant and report the presence of any Pacific pink salmon in Irish river systems. To date, 30 pink salmon have been recorded in nine Irish rivers […]
All the news from the Munster Blackwater point to good fishing… 30 June: Esbern Joensen from the Faroe Islands had a cracking salmon estimated at 15lbs on the fly at the Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery. The fish took a good 30mins to land and was safely released. 03 July: The Fortwilliam Fishery reports a […]
‘A little more persistence, a little more effort and what seemed hopeless failure, may turn to glorious success’ Elbert Hubbard Making the assumption that most of us believe in a god (90% according to the 2016 census) a recent radio programme caught my attention where a Dr Rob Marshall suggested that we should all perhaps […]
Groups argue against unwarranted proposed Endangered Species Act listing. Several regional and national recreational fishing organizations submitted official comments to NOAA Fisheries opposing listing Pacific bluefin tuna as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The letter was in response to a petition filed earlier this year to ban all fishing, including recreational fishing, for […]
“There’s no place quite like the mist of morning and the stillness of the water… The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” There was nothing gentle or sedate about Lough Sheelin mid-week as south westerly’s rampaged down the centre of this lake, creating an angry swell of white crested waves reaching alarming […]
‘There is no loosing in fishing, you either catch them or you learn’ Now into September, Lough Sheelin is at the back end of its fishing season. Just as early autumn weather conditions typically waver between summer-like and more traditionally autumn-like weather, so does trout behaviour. As a result, a mix of summer and autumn […]
“The surreal beauty of a spontaneous mayfly hatch, the heart thumping eruption of an explosive surface strike” John Suhar For the past number of days and into the weekend Lough Sheelin has shown chameleon like characteristics, in other words a highly developed ability to change – a constant swerving from unbelievable rises of trout to […]
Declan Cook reports on the fly-fishing on Loughs Conn and Cullin: “It has been a fantastic fortnight on both Loughs Conn & Cullin as the Mayfly continues to bring fish up. Following an impressive performance in early May, which saw some great results on both lakes in the long established early season competitions, the trout […]
Ronan Cusack says there are mixed reports from Mask this week, as our mayfly season should be in full swing. Sparse hatches of fly, coupled with bright sunshine and a constant change in wind direction, has made traditional mayfly fishing very difficult. Conditions for the latter half of last week suited wets and dries; unfortunately […]